VINIDA - To Port and beyond
Exploring Port - and some alternatives to Port.
The cold, dark December evenings pair perfectly with Port and other rich, flavourful fortified wines. Concentrated and powerful flavours coupled with a few more percentages of alcohol do a lot to chase the chills out of the bones, and this has long made fortified wines favoured in Northern Europe.
Fortified wines are also fascinating for the wide variety of styles and winemaking methods employed - as well as long ageing times often employed. Unlike with many wines where the soil, weather and grape variety determine a lot about the wine, the balance here is tilted towards the winemaker. From when in the winemaking process to fortify, how much sugar to leave in the wine, how long to age, in what barrels and under what conditions – fortified wines really are winemakers’ wines. This also makes them more consistent year to year as well as makes them more predictable for the consumer.
However, for the wine to be predictable for the consumer, the consumer needs to navigate a myriad of terms. Do you know your Colheita from your LBV? How about Palo Cortado from a Pale Cream? What is Rimage and what is Rivesaltes? Which goes with fish and which with dessert between Malvasia and Manzanilla? Is it better to go for a wine that says “2004” or “20 years old”?
On top of tasting through a selection of exciting and delicious wines you will get a systematic overview of fortified wines that will make you into a confident consumer, whether you’re choosing a Port or something else.
This event will be presented in English by Dr Janice Wang DipWSET and Domen Prešern DipWSET.
This tasting is open for everyone, but as we sometimes will be very detailed, it does give a better experience if you have some basic knowledge of wines. A good help is to study this "cheat-sheet" kortlink.dk/2pdep and kortlink.dk/2pdfs, to get a basic understanding of wines, their appearance, aromas, flavours and structure.
The presentation will be in English.
This event is organised by Poul Tang poul.tang@m.ida.dk - 51 71 52 40
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